I'm kind of new to Photoshop, so I'm not really great at it. However, I need as much criticism as possible on all of the drawings that I will post here. I am hoping to get better and feedback from viewers (whether harsh or nice, as long as you explain what I have done right/wrong) is welcome.

You saying "It looks good/bad, work on this ____" is pretty much what I need.

Without further text, here's my pic. It's the second one so far that I have gone far into:

I did the blurs around the edges because I thought that it looked right. I hope it did.

Anyway, it's done. I think I've done some big changes, particularly with color. I made the whole armor a bit darker and finished up the final parts and background. The first picture I've finished on photoshop so far, and done with a mouse. I will be getting a tablet soon.

I think the shapes need to have more defined (especially at the edges), as everything seems to be a blur and blend in with everything else. Don't use white for tints/highlights, it tends to make things dough-y, use color dodge instead (or a tint of the greens). Perhaps adjust the background color so that it doesn't blend in with the figure.

Pay attention to how materials reflect light. If the suit is metallic, then the reflections should be pretty bold and hard.

But, promising start for being new at photoshop, you did much better than I did when I started.

Thanks to everyone who has given me feedback so far. It helps a lot to hear what you could improve on. I have taken every tip into account, and since everyone hated the blur, I guess that's the first thing I'll get rid of from now on.

I just got a new tablet, and I can already say that I love this thing. It's so much easier (and faster) to draw now.

At 6/20/09 09:57 PM, Tommy-Gun wrote:
I guess I need each of my pictures to be scouted individually for them to show up or something. Perhaps this is just a bug.

Yeah, it appears to be a bug. It says for that picture that you're not scouted, but when I click to scout you it gives me an error saying "this user already belongs to the portal". Hopefully it's fixed soon.

omfg, this is great... Hey, I've gotten started as a writer, and I have a flash movie/series ready to go, VAs ready, and a background design soon to be ready from jeremyLokken, so, if you're up for this, please check out all of the details on my page and get back with me ASAP.

At 7/22/09 12:41 AM, Tommy-Gun wrote:
I'm glad to say that it's finally done, though. Drawing this was a pain and, frankly, I never want to do it again until I any get better.

The direction of the cape and the whole canvas setup makes it look like he's falling, but the pose doesn't look like something he'd be doing while falling, and so it makes the whole thing look awkward.

Or maybe i'm wrong. I'm not a very good artist, so if someone else says something different, take their word over mine.

The biggest point of critique I have is his face... its just molten plastic...
I think the face could definitely use some more definition, it is after all the first thing we notice.
Id also put a reflection (shine into the camera/lens flare) on the dagger, to make it stand out more.
Last point I have to offer is that the logo on the top left should have been painted too I think. At the moment it doesnt really look like one picture.
nice work though, you have captured the style quite okay

At 7/23/09 06:17 AM, J-qb wrote:
nah, He is jumping on someone to backstab them.

The biggest point of critique I have is his face... its just molten plastic...
I think the face could definitely use some more definition, it is after all the first thing we notice.
Id also put a reflection (shine into the camera/lens flare) on the dagger, to make it stand out more.
Last point I have to offer is that the logo on the top left should have been painted too I think. At the moment it doesnt really look like one picture.
nice work though, you have captured the style quite okay

Yup, the face could have used more work. Besides that, I did try to put a lens flare on the dagger, but it just didn't work.

It's called fan art. Yeah, it's quite popular (perhaps even overused at somepoints, I agree), and no, I don't think I'm cool or badass for drawing it. I'm just trying to improve here. Also, sorry to disappoint you, but the gas masked character is from a video game as well.

If you think it's boring or overexposed, that's fine by me. In fact, I can even understand why. But I would like it if you kept the negativity out of my thread. Thanks.

I've concentrated on skin and texture on the human body. Ironically, I'm currently practicing using an Orc After all, they're similar to humans in their skin texture, except for their skin color being green. All constructive criticism is appreciated.